about our practice

Humility, excellence, compassion, and community are all core values that drive this physician. Dr. Nhat Pham is a compassionate and “Phamily”-oriented Pediatric Critical Care Physician based in Sacramento, CA. Dr. Pham returned to Northern California after a decade of training, driven by a heartfelt commitment to serve the community where he grew up.

Dr. Kathy Yimer is a dedicated pediatrician who completed medical school training from St. George’s University in Grenada. Her journey continued with a pediatric residency at the Children’s hospital of New Jersey, followed by one year of pediatric critical care fellowship training at the University of California, Los Angeles. She currently balances her time between outpatient and inpatient pediatric medicine, providing compassionate care to children in the Greater Sacramento area. Outside of medicine, she finds joy in her role as a spouse and parent to three wonderful children as well as playing squash and kickboxing.

Dr. Muluneh Yimer is a dedicated pediatric cardiologist who completed medical school training at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. After a pediatric residency at Newark Beth Israel, followed by a three-year pediatric cardiology fellowship at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, he boasts decades of experience in caring for children. Currently serving as a local pediatric cardiologist, Dr. Yimer is a loving spouse and parent to three beautiful children. Beyond medicine, he finds joy in playing ping pong and squash.

As an immigrant, Dr. John Duong-Tran grew up immersed in two beautifully diverse cultures. After graduating from high school at the age of fifteen, he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Biology and his graduate degree in Microbiology. He attended medical school at Oregon Health Sciences University and completed his residency in Pediatrics at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. He practiced as a general pediatrician and a pediatric hospitalist for nearly six years in the Pacific Northwest prior to embarking on further fellowship training in Pediatric Critical Care at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, CA. Dr. Duong-Tran has accumulated extensive expertise from practicing in the field of pediatrics for more than thirty one years.

Lisa graduated from University of Phoenix, receiving her Bachelor of Science Healthcare Administration and Bachelor of Arts Business Administration. She has over twenty-three years of experience in the medical field as a Medical Assistant and seventeen years of experience as a Health Center Manager overseeing daily operations in a large, multi-site clinic. Her settings ranged from a non-profit, a profit organization, and federally funded non-profit health centers (FQHC) which aid medically under-served communities and populations. As a leader, she's worked in an Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation program which provides a regional system of community health centers offering primary care, chronic diseases management, pediatric care, women’s health, family dental services, integrated behavioral health services, immediate care services, health education, and prevention services. As a manager, she leads a team of administrative and clinical colleagues.